Aqeel, Kashan cruise into quarters

Published October 23, 2014
ISLAMABAD: Aqeel Khan in action during his match at the clay court tennis event on Tuesday.
ISLAMABAD: Aqeel Khan in action during his match at the clay court tennis event on Tuesday.

ISLAMABAD: Kashan-ul-Haq reached the quarterfinals of the boys under-18 category after playing a sensational match against his opponent Saqib Umar in NBP Subh-e-Nau Tennis Championship here at the PTF Complex on Wednesday.

Kashan came back strongly after losing the first set and won the remaining two in style to clinch the match.

Top seed Aqeel Khan advanced to the quarter-finals defeating Wakeel Khan with consummate ease.

Results: Men’s singles (pre-quarterfinals):

Aqeel Khan bt Wakeel Khan 6-2, 6-3, Ahmed Ch bt Arham Atique 6-1, 6-2 Heera Ashiq bt Irfanullah 6-3, 6-3, Talha Zubair bt Sanaullah Khan 6-4, 6-2, Imran Shaukat bt Zain Nawab 6-4, 6-4, Shehzad Khan bt M. Muzammil 6-1, 6-2, Usman Rafique bt Shahid Afridi 6-4, 6-0, Mohammad Abid bt Faizan Khurram 6-1, 6-1,

Boys U-18 (pre-quarterfinals):

Barkatullah bt Hasnain 6-4, 6-3, Kashanulhaq bt Saqib Umar 4-6, 7-5, 6-5, Mohammad Muzammil w/o Saifullah Khalid, Aman Atiq bt Farhanullah 6-1, 6-0, Talha Zubair bt Mohammad bin Azhar 6-4, 6-2, Hasnain Manzoor by Yousuf Khan 6-2, 6-3, Arham Atique bt Taimur Mujeeb 6-0, 6-1, Mohammad Mudassar bt Rehmat Ali 6-1, 6-0.

Men’s doubles (pre-quarterfinal):

Ahmed Chaudhry/Faizan Khurram bt Zakirullah/Irfanullah 6-3, 6-1.

Men’s doubles (quarter-finals):

Aqeel Khan/Shehzad Khan bt Syed Zohair Raza/Imran Shaukat 6-2, 6-2, Zain Nawab/Shahid Afridi bt Shaheen Mahmood /Fahad Khan 6-3, 6-2, Heera Ashiq/Sanaullah Khan bt Ikramullah/Ayaz Khalil 6-0, 6-2.

Published in Dawn, October 23rd, 2014

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